#Cubone-Powered Redemption Arc: Akechi

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HERE TOO!? REALLY?

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Magic Anon for Akechi!

You're stuck wearing a My Little Pony Shirt for the rest of the day. You cannot cover it up with any other form of clothing. Every shirt you put on turns into a My Little Pony shirt.

... What?

Why?

Why this?

[Image ID: Akechi, confused as hell. He has a shirt with Fluttershy on it.]

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Pelipper mail: for everyone. Cards that when touched, download a game called Fate Grand Order on your phone, though with all the gambling removed by making all the gencha parts free. The gameplay loop is a bit boring, but the story is good. Who knows, maybe it will be needed one day

I…

Um…

Uhh….

Thank you, I suppose?

I can’t complain knowing what Anons have done in the past.

HELL YEAH!

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Akechi 💬 + Demi-Fiend

Stay far away from me. I don't know what your weakness is, but it will be found if you pull anything.

'Kechi, she didn't do anything to ya.

I'm being proactive here.

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I. What the fuck is the context

This was a civil asset forfeiture case. The Herdiers were alleged to be used for dogfighting, which violates laws on how Pokemon Battles can be conducted. To lower the burden of proof, they seized the assets via this case, therefore shifting the burden of proof on the people who ran the alleged dogfighting ring to prove they weren't. None were able to, and the Herdiers were successfully seized.

Civil Asset Forfeiture is controversial in my world, and it looks to be that way in this world as well, however in this case I would argue it was effective. I could get into a long discussion about its specifics and why it's seen as controversial, but that wasn't asked here. If you'd like to know, though, I will gladly explain the concept.

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Pelipper mail! It’s from @the-random-mail-service

A bottle of liquid anxiety. It moves erratically around in the bottle, bubbling and hissing. The bottle is starting to melt from the anxiety it contains, with some of its contents leaking out through small cracks in the bottle.

Why... Do I always get this sort of thing? Getting rid of this.

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Pelipper mail! It’s from @the-random-mail-service

A mask, bone white with black markings around the eyeholes. It emits a weird aura.

Well. This is certainly a surprise. This will be checked soon.

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Akechi 💬 + Ren

Fuck you.

... ... ...

He's... A trusted ally. That's all I'll say.

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Have you heard, have you heard?

Heard what? The news, of course.

I heard Ren Amamiya is racist now. I heard he won't talk to anyone with more than four legs. I heard he cringes away from silk threads. He wasn't racist last week, just arachnaphobic.

Does he know, does he know? Oh, does he know?

I believe you are telling this to the wrong person.

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so, 'tone, you gonna play demi's game now that things are no longer Happening? to distract from snake ass?

Not until Yu's done with Ren's game. We agreed on that even before I got back to my Paldea. How long are you gonna take on that?

I haven't wanted to say half the things I've been seeing since my last post because kids follow us.

Ah, so you're not even through April yet.

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Alright, I'll bite. What is Civil Asset Forfeiture?

[Note: The following contains real world legal discussion and why the topic is seen as controversial. If you don't want to read that sort of discussion, do not click the Read More.]

This is a law in the United States that stems from English law before the independence of the country. In short, it allows the government to seize the property of an individual. Every country has some variation of this, however the United States is different from many in how it executes it.

Note the word "Civil" in the name. Civil courts have a much lower bar to clear in order to be awarded victory than a criminal court. Most countries must clear the bar that is set in criminal court, but for the United States, you don't need to be convicted of a crime for the state to seize your property. If they clear the bar of civil court, the burden to prove that it was not used in criminal activity is placed on you, the owner. This is costly, and can often be too expensive, meaning many have no recourse if something is unjustly taken.

During proceedings, the case is brought against the property itself, not the person or corporation that owns the property. This can lead to rather humorous titles such as "State VS A pallet of Macaroni and Cheese boxes" as an example title.

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Pelipper mail! It’s from @the-random-mail-service

A thunderbolt!

@son-of-poseidon-pokemon I believe this is something of yours?

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Pelipper mail! It’s from @the-random-mail-service

(Ooc: Yes this is a thing now, made it on impulse lol)

Everyone gets a pack of pokemon cards

They're all talking amongst themselves on Gliscord about who gets what.

Ignore the APP sign. Can't remove it. It's not there canonically.

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Pelipper mail!

It’s the random mail service!

You all get sent random parcels that were lost in the mail. They are all addressed to a “Makoto Yuki” and appear to contain random items from Tanaka’s amazing commodities.

Huh. So that's what Tanaka was selling back then.

He's still going? Really?

He's still going in 2016, he's just running an online auction instead. Something about tax fraud causing his business to go under.

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Pelipper mail!

It’s a subscription form for random pelipper mail, addressed from the random mail association. It reads:

This is a subscription form for the Random Pelipper Mail Service! A service that sends you random pelipper mail at random times as long as your blog is running. Our services are free and we recommend signing up for it if you’re bored or just looking for some random mail. To signup, just reply to this with the intention of signing up for our services.

There’s also a disclaimer on it that reads: we shall not be held accountable for any accidental trauma you get or damage incurred from using our random mail service.

Why would anyone sign up for this? At all? This just seems like those spam mails you get from companies you don't care about.

Oh, this is a lovely idea! This blog is open for that, thank you!

ELIZABETH!

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Pelipper mail

…it’s…

Oh no…

It’s a pile of pidove merch! About 10 meters tall.

NARUKAMI YOU BETTER TAKE THIS SHIT